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So I swapped out the restrictor valves, the one that was leaking was noticeably longer than the other and probably wasn't seating all the way. Swapped out with new orings and no more leak. Well, at least not from that fitting. As luck would have it, another fitting began leaking. Pulled it...

Any suggestions for fixing the leak? Could I try double o rings or are these possible to tap and retread...it didn't leak at the fitting before I changed out the hoses

The fitting is one of the Two hoses that runs to the backhoe control valve under the seat that has a restrictor fitting on it. The other various hoses use a flare to mpt fitting(red). One of these hoses, the one that is leaking (pink) goes to the crowd cylinder on the boom. I've been researching...

Recently purchased a 1970 ford 3550 loader backhoe. One of the hydraulic hoses for the bucket curl blew my first time using it off the trailer. It was right in the middle of the hoses, and the rest didn't look great either, so I decided to replace them all. $1500 later and 10 gallons of...

Just picked up my first backhoe. Drove it off the trailer and blew a hose for the bucket curl first time using it! Surely a sign of good times to come. As luck would have it, I had to remove most of the other hoses to get to this one, so I decided just to replace them all while I was in there...